20. Linda Bausch, gerennommeerd kankeronderzoeker in de UK, heeft onderzocht wat er waar is van de claim dat e-sigaretten veel first time users onder jongeren scheppen, oftewel: dat kinderen / jongeren die nooit hebben gerookt door de hippe e-sig over de streep worden getrokken en nu naar een dampertje grijpen en dus aan de nicotine raken. “Of the 1,205 children aged 11-16 who took part in the new UK-wide survey, 12 percent reported that they had tried an e-cigarette. Figures for regular use were lower with two percent reporting e-cigarette use more than monthly and one percent more than weekly… Regular e-cigarette use among non-smoking children was low at three percent.”
– Nonsmokers Becoming Regular E-Cigarette Users is Very Unlikely, 29 June 2015.

14. De American Council on Health and Science noemt (alweer) een studie waaruit blijkt dat er geen noemenswaardige (lees: traceerbare) toxische of mutagene stoffen gevonden zijn in de damp van electronische sigaretten. De onderzoeker was Dr. Manoj Misra. In een commentaar schreef ACSH: “As more and more science on the lack of harm expected from e-cigs and their vapor come pouring in, it will — I hope — become harder and harder for those who mindlessly or corruptly oppose this lifesaving technology to participate in their destructive chorus. Prior studies, by Drs. Farsalinos on heart cells, Goniewicz and Burstyn on chemicals in e-cig vapor (i.e. their minute quantities), as well as on the general safety of vaping, as e-cig use is called, will continue to accumulate and eventually overwhelm the nay-sayers — IF the regulators and politicians will permit it.”
– ACSH: Yet another study shows absence of e-cigarette toxins, Nov 3, 2014.

8. Dr. Konstantinos Farsalinos heeft onderzoek gedaan onder 19.500 dampers. Ruim 80% van hen is totaal gestopt met roken, slechts 0,5% had nooit eerder gerookt, en de rest is aanzienlijk minder gaan roken Dampen blijkt een effectieve tabaksvervanger.
“The results of this worldwide survey of dedicated users indicate that ECs are mostly used to avoid the harm associated with smoking. They can be effective even in highly-dependent smokers and are used as long-term substitutes for smoking. High levels of nicotine are used at initiation; subsequently, users try to reduce nicotine consumption, with only a small minority using non-nicotine liquids. Side effects are minor and health benefits are substantial, especially for those who completely substitute smoking with electronic cigaret use.”
– Konstantinos Farsalinos et. al.: Characteristics, Perceived Side Effects and Benefits of Electronic Cigarette Use: A Worldwide Survey of More than 19,000 Consumers, Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health. april 2014.

7. Gerry Stimson, emeritus professor Public Health, spreekt zijn verontrusting uit over de starre houding van de gezondheidszorg jegens de e-sig. “The caution exhibited by public health experts has led to a chasm between them and consumers: evidenced by comments on social media, many e-cigarette consumers see public health as the enemy of health and consumer choice. This should be cause for sober reflection by public health professionals and is an extraordinary situation that needs to be remedied from both sides to maximize the public health potential of safer alternatives to smoking.”
– Gerry V. Stimson: Public health leadership and electronic cigarette users, Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association, april 2014.

6. Oh ironie. Australische onderzoekers van het La Trobe institute for molecular science in Victoria hebben ontdekt dat de bloemen van de tabaksplant een molecuul bevat dat kankercellen vernietigt, terwijl het gezonde cellen met rust laat. Onderzoeker Mark Hulett: “We have found gold in an unexpected place. The actual tobacco plant is not bad. Just what we do with it is bad.”
– Tobacco plant may light the way to beating cancer, Australian scientists say; The Guardian, 2 april 2014.

4. Meta-onderzoek naar de inhoud van uitgeblazen damp en van ‘tweedehands’ damp.
“Current state of knowledge about chemistry of liquids and aerosols associated with electronic cigarettes indicates that there is no evidence that vaping produces inhalable exposures to contaminants of the aerosol that would warrant health concerns by the standards that are used to ensure safety of workplaces. However, the aerosol generated during vaping as a whole (contaminants plus declared ingredients) creates personal exposures that would justify surveillance of health among exposed persons in conjunction with investigation of means to keep any adverse health effects as low as reasonably achievable. Exposures of bystanders are likely to be orders of magnitude less, and thus pose no apparent concern.”
– Igor Burstyn: Peering through the mist: systematic review of what the chemistry of contaminants in electronic cigarettes tells us about health risks, BMC Public Health 2014, 14:18 (peer reviewed).